A transmission electron micrograph (TEM) image of the Marburg virus. /CFP
A transmission electron micrograph (TEM) image of the Marburg virus. /CFP
Nine people have died in Equatorial Guinea from the Marburg virus, which causes a hemorrhagic fever nearly as deadly as Ebola, the health ministry said Monday, and put a province in quarantine.
The government had announced last week that it was investigating the cause of suspect cases of hemorrhagic fever in the rural eastern region near the borders of Gabon and Cameroon.
Source(s): AFP